Bobby Jindal & Getting Beyond Race
One of the great things about Barack Obama’s success in this year’s contest for the White House is that less than a half-century after the height of the Civil Rights’ Movement, an African-American has become a serious contender for the highest office in the land.
It will be a great day indeed when race no longer plays a factor in how we evaluate an individual, when we have realized Martin Luther King’s dream that his “four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.“
In the way he answered Geraldo Rivera’s question whether he considered himself a “person of color” Saturday night on FoxNews, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a man of Indian heritage, took a big step toward realizing that dream. He didn’t respond directly to Rivera’s query. When Rivera pressed him, noting the governor’s “non-response,” the Bayou State Republican replied, “the only color that matters is red, white and blue.”
Sounds like a man who could truly bring us together.
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The MSM can not get past color. However, I doubt Geraldo would attribute Michelle Malkin’s view of the world to the shape of her eyes. Isn’t it passing strange that constant reference to colored skin is politically correct in the MSM and among other liberals? Where would Obama be without his skin color? Not running for president. No one can lay out a list of particulars that places him (if he were white) above any other Democrat freshman Senator.
Bobby Jindal has the power of logic and conservative principle underlying his words. He doesn’t need to rely on his skin color for any reason. Therefore, he can openly scoff at the remnants of its political utility.
Comment by heliotrope — June 8, 2008 @ 10:50 am - June 8, 2008
Yes. Unfortunately, B.H. Obama is not getting us any closer. He is steeped in identity politics and constantly invokes concepts that are divisive, or actually racist. As only one, small example: He seriously believes that he is genetically destined to be America’s great racially-unifying President:
Creepy, that he would think anyone is genetically destined for any mission in life. And unfortunate, because Obama will not, in the end, bring us together. Obama’s supporters are *already* laying the groundwork for an “Amerikkka is Racist!” narrative when he loses in November. They will steadfastly deny that Obama is simultaneously extreme, unqualified, corrupt, and dangerous due to his terrorist connections – making the People right to vote against him. Instead, they will plant a false narrative and fan the flames of racial division.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — June 8, 2008 @ 12:18 pm - June 8, 2008
Except, as you state, skin color has made Obama’s career. So it retains more than a few remnants of utility.
We had an election in California last Tuesday. I worked a precinct desk. A black voter came in, loudly ecstatic that “A year from now, we’ll have a President who looks like me.” In other words, skin color was, by his own account, his main reason for voting Obama. I carefully said nothing, but thought “Oh, well.”
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — June 8, 2008 @ 12:25 pm - June 8, 2008
#3 – “A black voter came in, loudly ecstatic that “A year from now, we’ll have a President who looks like me.†”
You mean he looked like John McCain?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 8, 2008 @ 4:54 pm - June 8, 2008
A black voter came in, loudly ecstatic that “A year from now, we’ll have a President who looks like me.â€
How did Dr. King put it again?
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Which is why, of course, the liberals who have usurped Dr. King’s mantle promptly demanded racial quotas that judge by skin color and are now insisting that any inquisition into the content of their chosen candidate’s character is “racist” because of his skin color.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — June 8, 2008 @ 6:17 pm - June 8, 2008
Obama could, and should, take lessons in class and patriotism from Jindal.
Comment by LesbianNeoCon — June 9, 2008 @ 7:49 am - June 9, 2008
#6 – Hear, hear, LNC! B. Hussein Obama has much to learn…
As an aside – I would bet a million dollars that the MSM would be trumpeting Bobby Jindal’s full name if his middle name was “Krishna” or something like that. But noooo, don’t try identifying Barack Hussein Obama with the name HE DELIBERATELY CHOSE TO BE HIS LEGAL NAME INSTEAD OF BARRY SOTERO.
I put that last line in all-caps for our resident seagulls, sort of like a public service announcement to the moonbat-impaired.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 9, 2008 @ 12:01 pm - June 9, 2008
He *chose* Hussein? I assumed it wasn’t his choice. About what year?
Speaking of Obama: Is he drug-addled, or just stupid in this video?
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — June 9, 2008 @ 1:39 pm - June 9, 2008
#8 – To answer the first part of your question, ILC, the former Barry Sotero changed his name to Barack Hussein Obama (his father’s name) following his father’s death in 1972. More info can be found here, including his formative years.
And to answer the second part – I honestly don’t know. I would lean towards the “stupid” assessment.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 9, 2008 @ 3:52 pm - June 9, 2008
I would too. But of course, the Obamdroids will never notice that about the Dear Leader.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — June 9, 2008 @ 4:04 pm - June 9, 2008
I think that Bobby Jindal would be a better candidate in 2012 when the self-limited one-term McCain admnistration is winding-down….besides Louisiana needs him and his energetic fellow reformers for another 4 years. McCain should select someone like Pawlenty who’s an experienced Midwestern governor who doesn’t have Presidential ambitions of his own; thus leaving 2012 open for a fair. open GOP primary season without a sitting-VP running. With 6-years in Louisiana, Gov. Jindal could be a formidable GOP Presidential contender.
Let’s not sacrifice some Farm Club bench-depth just to win 2008 if it leaves the Party vulnerable in 2012. I dislike the idea of the current VPOTUS being a POTUS-in-training for the next election cycle; it puts hamstrings on the then-incumbent Administration to govern with the next election cycle in-mind…rather than immediate and long-term National Interests.
Comment by Ted B. (Charging Rhino) — June 9, 2008 @ 6:16 pm - June 9, 2008
As to Obama changing his name, I guess it would clarify things if we could just see his birth certificate.
Comment by GayPatriotWest — June 9, 2008 @ 9:59 pm - June 9, 2008
#12 – Dan, we think alike – I just saw the same article here on Michelle Malkin’s site.
Let’s see – the Dhimmicrats made hay out of McCain’s birthplace being the Panama Canal Zone (a U.S. territory), which has now been rendered irrelevant. But now, when asked to show his birth certificate, B. Hussein Obama has refused.
As Artie Johnson used to say: “Veeeeeedy intevestink.”
I fear for our future.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 10, 2008 @ 10:29 am - June 10, 2008
PS – Not to be a quibbler, Dan, but Louisiana is not “the Bayou State.” It’s real nickname is “the Pelican State.”
Just FYI.
Regards,
Peter H. from The Lone Star State
Comment by Peter Hughes — June 10, 2008 @ 10:38 am - June 10, 2008
Is anyone certain that they issue birth certificates for a messiah? Don’t messiahs usually ride down from a cloud on the back of Pegasus as the heavenly host scatter raisins and play reggae on their harps and pipes and the heavenly roadies squeal and squawk and pass out Che buttons?
And doesn’t it only make sense that one day Barry would declare his manhood by announcing that “I am Barak Hussein, son of Obama, inheritor of hope and change, leader of the oppressed to the hopeful and changed land, promiser of hope, agent of change, here to give hope through change and ever dedicated to the hope of change and the change brought about through the audacity of hope.”
Honestly, how can you guys keep saying he doesn’t have a program?
Comment by heliotrope — June 10, 2008 @ 10:50 am - June 10, 2008
I disagree that Jindal needs to wait to 2012 or 2016. I think there is a real chance for Jindal and Mccain to win. Jindal has that something something that I think is just right for the atmosphere. He’s an articulate problem solving geeky whiz kid with values………..how rare is that in politics these days. I think voters will be overwhelmingly impress by his demenor and logic. I know that more and more impress each time I hear him talk.
Comment by chris — June 10, 2008 @ 6:36 pm - June 10, 2008
He’s the wingnuts’ colored person du jour, because Condi has lost her luster.
Comment by jonesey12 — June 29, 2008 @ 4:57 pm - June 29, 2008
Jonesey12, thanks for helping prove my point about leftists being the party of hate.
Comment by GayPatriotWest — June 29, 2008 @ 5:20 pm - June 29, 2008